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Treating weekends like lazy, commitment-free vacation
days is working for me. As an adult, I’m as well-suited to reading books,
watching TV, and eating ice cream for supper, as when I was ten years old.
I used to attach a lot of guilt to staying home and doing nothing and would force
myself out of the house purely to have an answer to the Monday morning office
chit chat of “What did you do this weekend?” Trust me, it was hard work.
The pandemic concept of Social Distancing and avoiding
large groups of people basically slapped the social seal of approval on the
lifestyle I accidentally landed on after moving back from Tennessee. Several friends
and family members with robust social circles and pre-pandemic active
calendars filled with events are having a hard time with the isolation. I had the
advantage of a seven year head start on the isolation thing, so the pandemic guidelines and staying
home as an activity for the greater good is right up my alley. Permission to not
leave the house is liberating! I no longer feel embarrassed by doing nothing over
the weekend – it’s for the greater good! The pressure of finding destinations and heading out to do something just to have an answer to the usual Monday morning office chit chat is gone.
The past 90 days have delivered the best run of sleep
I can recall in, possibly, ever. Sure, the news and events around the country make me cry a lot, but my neck doesn’t hurt like it used to. My shoulders have returned to their normal position and no longer hover
around my earlobes. The longer this COVID scenario runs, the harder it might be
to get me back out into society. I may need to find a finishing school to relearn
basic manners and social etiquette. Do those schools still exist?
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